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Note: Culture Club Cheese has closed down, but the information below is still useful. I received this in a Culture Club Cheese newsletter and immediately asked owners Luke and Jessica if I could share the information with my readers. Building a perfect cheeseboard is a necessary skill in my opinion,...

With more restaurants than you can shake a cat at in Franschhoek Valley, the opening of yet another one  scarcely warrants a mention. Wine estate? Heard it all before. Except when it's really special, that is, and the newly launched La Paris Bistro is precisely that: special. It's on La...

I usually only drink gin during election times, but given the current state of affairs I might have to revise this decision. Great news, then, that Musgrave Gin are hosting gin-themed parties all summer long, in the very sexy Ghibli Bar at Radisson Blu Hotel. This glam urban venue in...

Sunshine. Summer. Seabreeze. Salty air. A view of the shimmering blue ocean. Pizza, right? Yeah! The clever folks at The President Hotel know just how to put the perfect package together, and their new wood-fired outdoors pizza bar ticks all the boxes. Launched just in time for the festive season, The Base at...

First, some fabulous Foxcroft food pics by Claire Gunn to get you in the mood: Hungry yet?  Here's the chef: His name is Glen Williams and about a year ago, he set food lovers' pulses racing with his very, very fine creations at Foxcroft Constantia.  Former pastry chef at famous La Colombe, Chef...

Benguela Cove Lagoon is a hit with wine-loving visitors to Walker Bay.  Holidaymakers in the Hermanus area looking for fine wine and a good ole time should put it top of their list of places to visit. There's plenty to see, do and taste, too, so set aside plenty of time when...

Don't you love it when something delicious is also ethical and a force for good in this world?  The story of how Afrikoa came to be is a beautiful one, but first: news about their SUPER AMAZING Chocolate Christmas Hampers! Wanna see some blissed-out smiles this Christmas? Give someone you love...

Christmas ain't Christmas without a decent, proper Christmas cake, and who better to bake one than chef Mynhardt Joubert? Cake cheerleaders and Christmas fans (i.e. my entire household) will be thrilled to know that Chef Mynhardt Joubert’s famous fruit cakes are on sale again. This much-loved chef slayed the season...

Bottelary Hills end the year with a bang and a Pop-Up Lunch!  Last in the series of Winemakers Lunches by chef George Jardine, this one's held at Mooiplaas on Sunday 19 November. (Tickets sell like hot cakes, so you'd better get a move on.)  A local affair dreamed up by winemakers...

I can think of few finer ways to spend a day than a lazy picnic in the Winelands. Can you? Sweeping views, a rug to lie on, some special treats in a rustic hamper.  Peel me a grape, Beulah.  Better still, book a picnic at Grande Provence, and loll about under the...